All Top Products articles – Page 6
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Analysis and Features
Juices & smoothies 2022: Impulse sales drive faster juice growth
The return of impulse occasions is still bearing fruit for juices & smoothies
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Analysis and Features
Bottled water, squash & cordial 2022: Squash gets squished post-pandemic
Just as they were lifted up by Covid – putting an end to several years of decline – so they have bumped back down to earth with the return of normality
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Analysis and Features
Hot beverages 2022: Costa makes a splash in hot drinks
Sales of Costa’s coffee and hot chocolate lines have added £6.8m, with volumes surging 72%
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Analysis and Features
Biscuits & cakes 2022: Cakes pricier as posh lines drive value
The oh-so British occasion of tea and cake is getting pricey. As the cost of a cuppa has risen 3.7% in grocery, the average price per pack of cake has increased 8.1%
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Analysis and Features
Bagged snacks 2022: Crisps hit by rising costs before HFSS
For bagged snack brands, this year was supposed to hold one big challenge: the ban on HFSS goods in prominent store locations
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Analysis and Features
Meat-free 2022: Fake meat lines giving life to brands
In the meat-free market, fakery is an attribute
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Analysis and Features
Soft drinks – carbonates & energy drinks 2022: Drinks dodge challenges to maintain fizz
The cost of living crisis has seen many categories fall flat this year – but fizzy drinks is not one of them
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Rankings
Five fastest growing products of 2022
Challengers like Madrí Excepcional are making great gains
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Analysis and Features
Jams & spreads 2022: Spreads lose £19m in wake of pandemic
The category has taken a knock after lockdown stockpiling came to an end
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Analysis and Features
Fresh fruit & veg 2022: fresh produce hit by ‘tough 12 months’
Fruit & veg has borne the brunt of the cost of living crisis
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Rankings
The 10 fastest falling categories of 2022 by value
The reopening of bars and restaurants was a powerful blow for grocery’s sales of spirits
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Rankings
The top 10 biggest growing categories of 2022 by value
The craze for disposable vapes was led by the seemingly ubiquitous Elfbar whose £318.4m gain accounts for 73% of the uplift
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Comment and Opinion
That grocery innovated so impressively throughout such a tough year is astounding
It’s a huge credit to the sector that it’s by and large kept delivering the goods this year
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Analysis and Features
Top Products 2021: grocery’s fastest falling products and categories this year
Products and categories that were popular at the height of the pandemic have taken a hit this year
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Comment and Opinion
Which pandemic shopper habits are sticking in this year’s Top Products Survey?
Uncertainty abounds but new consumer habits are becoming clearer to see, says Rachel White, NielsenIQ MD UK & Ireland
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Video
Story of 2021: How health and sustainability is shaping soft drinks
The new normal has seen single cans make a comeback, contributing to big gains for the soft drinks industry. Carbonates are up 5.6% in value on volumes up 3.6%. Sports & energy drinks have grown 15.2% in value, while volumes are up 8.5%.
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Analysis and Features
Top Products 2021: grocery’s fastest growing products and categories this year
Drinks dominate this year’s fastest-growing list. But one unexpected product has taken a leap
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Analysis and Features
Top Products 2021: the top launch in every grocery category this year
Each of the 48 categories covered in our Top Products report features a Top Launch – the product most significant to its respective category in 2021. Here we list every Top Launch and why we chose it.
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Analysis and Features
Sauces – cooking 2021: home cooks keep sauces in good shape
Cooking sauces were always going to struggle against the tough comparables of last year
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Analysis and Features
Personal care – male grooming 2021: men on the move return to grooming
With suppliers eyeing a revival, it’s brands with a posher offer that are standing out across the larger male grooming category